Assertion :When chloral is heated with concentrated potassium hydroxides, it yields CCl3COO−and CCl3CH2OH. Reason: In the cannizaro reaction, hydride transfer is the slowest step.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
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C
Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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Solution
The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion. When chloral is heated with concentrated potassium hydroxides, it yields chloroform and potassium formate. This is haloform reaction. In the Cannizzaro reaction hydride transfer is the slowest step. It is the rate determining step. Thus, Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation to Assertion.